1. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Presentation of the schools

2. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Geographical Location Austria Vorarlberg Most western part Half-way between Paris and Vienna

3. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Geographical Location Near Lake of Constance 5km to Swiss border 15km to German border 25km to Liechtenstein Dornbirn

4. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach City of Dornbirn About 45.000 inhabitants Biggest town of Vorarlberg Economic center Not political center  Bregenz Rural aspects

5. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Our school Vocational school on a secondary level Two streamings of technical college: –3 years of training  exams at lower secondary level (~ GCSE) –5 years of training  exams at advanced level (~ high school diploma)

6. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Main fields of study Information Technology combined with Business Studies Textile Engineering –Textile manufacturing –Textile management Chemistry –Environmental chemistry –Textile chemistry

7. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach General information Students’ age  15 to 20 years 35 classes 800 students 110 teachers  about 65 full time 37 lessons per week  about 1/3 in “hands-on” laboratory

8. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Final exams at advanced level General academic education  “Matura”  admittance to any university Factual exams  “Diplom”  title “Ingenieur” acquired after 3 years of professional career Projects in cooperation with companies

9. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Our Positioning Member of ENIS (European Network of Innovative Schools) Participation in European Projects Cisco Academy Cooperation with Microsoft and SAP Open Source Initiatives Member of eLC (eLearning Cluster Austria)

10. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Infrastructure High speed internet access in every room Routed/switched network and wireless LAN 6 notebook-classes and 15 computer rooms

11. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach Information Technology Basic skills (Hardware, operating systems, internet, …) Office applications Programming (C++, C#,.NET, Java, PHP) Software engineering Network technology Project management

12. HTL Dornbirn Gütersloh, 21.11.2005 Comenius-Project Interteach eLearning activities Mainly in the 6 notebook-classes eLC-project (7 schools in Vorarlberg, 50 all over Austria) Using ILIAS as learning platform (LCMS) Using WIKI for pupils’ collaboration Special trainings for teachers since 2001